Premier League Saturday, Gameweek 16: Open Thread

The Premier League action returns today with several intriguing matches starting with Manchester City and Arsenal. Also the relegation scrap between West Ham and Sunderland should be riveting to watch, while Everton, Chelsea, Newcastle and others are in action today.

Here’s today’s TV/Internet schedule for soccer fans in the United States:

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JamesDecember 14, 2013

Great day for staying indoors and watching soccer on TV. The snow has just started falling here in CT and the NE and the storm is expected to bring about a foot of snow by tomorrow morning.

Good way to start the day with a terrific matchup between City and Arsenal. Let’s hope it’s a good one.

Should have stayed asleep in bed for that one. Oh well. Reset and look forward to next week. I feel for anyone playing City at home… they are deadly. Congrats on the win, but unfortunate injuries for both sides.

Terrific beginning to the weekend. City are unbeatable at home but they are still too open a side tat can be opened up as Arsenal showed today. But City can score goals galore because of the quality they have. Fernandinho showed that he can score too. When they are on City cannot be beat. Their inconsistency especially away from home might still prevent them from winning the title. Still being only 3 points behind the leaders Arsenal means they are right in it, for now.

Let’s see how Chelsea respond. A must-win for them and they should win being at home where Mourinho’s sides are unbeatable.

Everton vs Fulham is also a big game. Everton can lay claim to being rightful challengers to a European spot. Fulham need to move away from the relegation zone and they need to start picking up points away from home where they have been terrible so far.

Newcastle vs Southampton looks like a really good tie. Newcastle are playing well and Southampton despite faltering in recent games are still a very well-drilled side under Pochettino.

Very good win for Everton who are showing they are no fluke. Martinez is showing his worth as a top manager. Best team in the city? Hard to argue they’re not better than Liverpool even with a lesser quality squad.

Newcastle and Southampton should be happy with a hard fought draw. Really entertaining game.

Sunderland should have won but poor finishing cost them all 3 points. Draws are not what they need. West ham look like they might just struggle to stay up.

Good win for Chelsea despite being not that good. They move into second place. By next Monday evening they could be in first place if they beat Arsenal.

Looks like WBA fired Clarke. I feel kinda bad for him, last year they went on a great run just couldn’tkeep the momentum going. Strikes me as the perfect guy for a club who know their (modest) target and are okay with that, maybe not the manager to take the next step.